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• RES 728 Week 1 Individual Assignment Qualitative
  Design Matrix
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• The assignment
• Compares case studies with 4 other qualitative
  types
• Answers reflect philosophical differences between
  types
• Answers reflect practical similarities and
  differences
• Synthesis questions shows a depth of
  understanding about case study methods

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• RES 728 Week 2 Individual Assignment Defining the
  Boundaries of a Case
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• The assignment
• Selects a clear case
• Describes the boundaries or parameters of the
  inquiry (case), setting, and any subsets of the
  case
• Explains the purpose for the inquiry focused on
  the boundaries
• Describes what is not in the case e.g. outside of
  the boundaries
• The paper develops a central theme or idea
  directed toward the appropriate audience

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• RES 728 Week 3 Individual Assignment Research
  Planning Paper
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• The assignment
• Discusses preliminary decisions that need to be
  made relative to types and sources of evidence
• Describes sampling strategies to be used for each
  type or source of evidence
• Describes strategies for choosing the most
  appropriate technology tools for data management
  and analysis
• Discusses for each section above the criteria to
  make these decisions and advantages and
  disadvantages of each choice

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• RES 728 Week 4 Individual Assignment Interview
  Questions
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• The assignment
• Submits 2 critiques, final questions and
  rationale of 350-700 words
• Rationale links to overall study questions
• Rationale links to overall boundaries of the
  study
• Rationale explains sequencing, type and level of
  questions and why they will elicit rich responses
• Concludes with reflection on observation skills
  learned and how that can be transferred to real
  observation

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• RES 728 Week 5 Individual Assignment Observation
  Grid and Assertions
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• The assignment
• Attaches the observation grid
• Creates a set of assertions (claims)
• Describes how observation data was analyzed to
  form assertions
• Discusses trustworthiness of assertions (claims)
• Concludes with reflection on observation skills
  learned and how that can be transferred to real
  observation
• The paper develops a central theme or idea
  directed toward the appropriate audience

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• RES 728 Week 6 Individual Assignment Interview
  Transcript Analysis
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• The assignment
• Identifies research question to guide analysis
• Outlines steps to analyze interview data
• Reports results of analysis
• Analyzes objectivity of analysis
• Analyzes assumptions brought into analysis
• The paper develops a central theme or idea
  directed toward the appropriate audience

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• RES 728 Week 7 Individual Assignment Document
  Analysis Paper
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• The assignment
• Describes construct, document set analyzed, and
  sampling method used
• Describes steps and data analysis approach used
• Discusses results of the analysis
• Responds to reflection questions
  
• What documents could you have used, instead of or
  in addition to the ones you used?

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• RES 728 Week 8 Individual Assignemnt Ethical
  Parameters
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• The assignment
• Describes potentially important ethical
  considerations
• Discusses ethical dynamics of choice and
  definition of case along with theoretical
  framework
• Discusses ethical dynamics of data collection and
  analysis of data including trustworthiness of
  conclusions
• Considers implications of ethical dynamics for
  case as a whole, individual members of a case,
  for the field of inquiry and eventual audience

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